Chapter 14: Recklessness
This heart was always hanging, so that Wu Qi couldn't close his eyes and rest, put on his thick cotton military uniform, sat in front of the fire with his arms in his arms, and looked at the dry branches that were burned red, and then turned his head to look out of the hole, and vaguely could still see the reflection, thinking in his heart what could it be? Why is it so weird!
They could stay in the cave for two or three hours, and they had eaten a strange-looking little beast before, but it was not enough at all, and they needed to resist the cold, so they were hungry after a while. rubbed his stomach through the military coat, and was about to turn his head to talk to others, only to find that Li Feng and Liu Xuemin might be tired of tossing, and they were already lying down next to the fire, and they didn't know if they were asleep or not. The melon leaned against the wall of the cave, crossed his hands on his chest, lowered his head, and his breathing rate was very slow, and it seemed that he was really asleep. The excitement before coming made Wu Qi not sleep much at night, and looking at those people at this time, he couldn't help but hook out his sleepiness.
Occasionally, there is an occasional sound of dead branches being burned and cracking in the cave, accompanied by sparks bursting out, the only person who is still awake at this time is Wu Qi, he is also sleepy but after more than a year of experience as a soldier, if you need to sleep in the open when patrolling outdoors, you will definitely leave one person to guard, and the others will rest quickly, and change people in shifts at certain intervals, but someone must always stay awake and on alert, and protect the safety of weapons and equipment and personnel. In this kind of deep mountains and old forests, it is not that they are afraid of any hostile situation, and those fierce beasts in the mountains.
According to their calculations when they came out, it was almost noon, but the sky was still dark, and the snow mixed with ice flakes kept falling outside the cave entrance, and in a blink of an eye, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the lower edge of the cave entrance, and it felt that the snow would fall into the cave. The snow is getting heavier and heavier.
Looking at the heavy snow outside the cave, I couldn't help but think of something else, thinking that the brothers in the grave team in Lushi County, Henan Province had sent him far away, and also thinking that they had also gone their separate ways not long after he left.
But the extreme warmth of the front and the cold behind made Wu Qi suddenly wake up, and slowly focused with the blurred vision, just at the moment when the line of sight was about to be clear. He could see the light in the distance. It was indeed a fire, a burning fire, and there was a person next to the fire who was also turning his head to look at him, all in the same position, it was indeed the light in their cave that was reflected from a distance for some reason, and he could vaguely see himself sitting next to the fire. Seeing this, Wu Qi chuckled, thinking about what Li Feng had said before, it might really be a frozen waterfall, and the reflection caused by the smooth ice surface. But suddenly, Wu Qi's smiling face froze. He gradually put the corners of his mouth down, his brows furrowed together, and there was a look of horror in his eyes, he actually saw that in the reflection on the opposite side, his shadow was waving at him, and he didn't know why the bright light the size of a bean grain was so clear at this time, the swinging arm had five fingers, and the blurred figure seemed to be Wu Qi himself. But the facial features can't be seen on that vague face, and there may be no facial features in the first place.
Wu Qi was suddenly shocked, and his body reflexively kicked to the ground and got up. He almost kicked into the burning fire, but he didn't care to see if his shoes were on fire, so he crawled to the edge of the cave and rubbed his eyes a few times, but he couldn't see it clearly, and it felt like using a telescope just now. The distant sight in front of me was particularly frightening. He was nervous and didn't know what to do, and wanted to greet the three sleeping people, afraid that they would talk about his nerves again, and then gritted his teeth, Wu Qi buttoned his military coat. He picked up the dogskin hat and put it on his head, and used the scarf to wrap the gap between the collar of the military coat and the dogskin hat several times, leaving only a pair of eyes, and clenched the cold dagger, without making any sound, and directly bent out of the hole and was exposed to the violent snowstorm.
In this extremely cold and windy weather, the strength of people is somewhat minimal, and they can't open their eyes when blown by the wind and snow, so they can only raise their hands to protect their foreheads with their arms, but the snow under their feet is rolled up, and they drill directly into their eyes from below.
The strong wind blew the thick military coat on Wu Qi's body and trembled, and the snow under his feet was blown by the north wind like a stream of water rolling over his legs, Wu Qi regretted that he came out rashly, and looked back at the wind and snow, only to see that they were hiding in a valley that sloped outward, and the small round hole looked smaller and smaller at this time, but it seemed that the fire inside was brighter, just seeing the firelight Wu Qi could recall the feeling of roasting the fire, and when the cold wind blew in from the hem of the military coat, he had goosebumps.
Wu Qi stood in the snow that didn't reach his calves and didn't dare to move, because the wind direction was changing at any time, and if he relaxed a little, he would definitely have to be blown over by the wind and fall into the snow, but as long as he fell to the ground, it was impossible to get up, this wind was so strange and full of danger. Wu Qi felt like a small boat in a storm, thrown high by the huge waves and then fell, and the boat was about to capsize at any time.
At this time, Wu Qi wanted to go back, but in order to withstand the strong wind, he didn't dare to change his posture, nor did he dare to turn around sharply, let alone walk backwards directly, so he shouted a few times behind him in a panic.
"Li Feng! Scholars! Ay! Come help me! ”
But as soon as his words came out, they were blown away by the strong wind, and even he couldn't hear them clearly, let alone the three people in the cave more than ten meters away.
Wu Qi was really panicked at this time, he didn't expect that the situation outside was so severe, and he instinctively told him that his body temperature was constantly dropping, and if he didn't go back quickly, he would freeze to death in this valley. But at this moment, Wu Qi suddenly remembered why he came out, and turned his head with great difficulty and raised both arms in front of him to block it, leaving only a thin slit in the middle where he could see ahead with his eyes.
The warm yellow light not far ahead, flickering, but much clearer and larger than what had been seen in the cave before. After Wu Qi saw the road clearly, he gritted his teeth and blocked his eyes with his arm, ran out more than a dozen steps, and opened his eyes again to look, and was surprised to find that he actually ran back to the front of the cave entrance, where the firelight swayed and he could faintly see the people sleeping around the fire. (To be continued......)